Cozart remains day to day with knee, Achilles injuries

CINCINNATI — As the Reds took batting practice on Friday, shortstop Zack Cozart was receiving treatment in the training room. He was not in the starting lineup against the Dodgers for the second straight game and the third time this week because of soreness in his surgically-repaired right knee and his Achilles tendon.

“He didn’t have enough improvement to justify having him in the lineup, against a usable player,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “But I’d like to get this behind him if we can. I don’t think playing the full nine innings is going to make him feel better tomorrow. Perhaps a day’s rest will get him over the hump.”

Cozart is batting .263 with a .755 OPS, a career-high-tying 15 home runs and 46 RBIs. But he is hitting .239 in August, and hasn’t hit a home run since July 18 against the Braves.

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